Vocabulary: Phrasal verbs
Bac. 2020
Assembled by Mouad El Arfaoui
Phrasal verbs
A phrasal verb is a verb + a particle ( in – on – up – down – off – from – about …etc.)
When the particle is added to the verb, it changes its original meaning and gives it a
new meaning.
The meaning of the verb changes in different degrees ( 0% - 50 % - 100%)
Give Give up
To stop doing an activity
To supply / offer someone something
A verb A phrasal verb
Give To offer someone something
Give up To stop doing an activity The meaning changed 100 %
Go To move away
Go out To move outside a place The meaning changed 50 %
Cheer To be happy
Cheer up To be happy The meaning changed 0 %
EXAMPLES OF PHRASAL VERBS
PHRASAL VERBS
THEIR MEANINGS
ARABIC EQUIVALENTS
Apply for
Ask for, demand (job / grant/ visa
..) ….
Ask ..... out
Ask someone on a date
…
Break down
Stop working or functioning
Bring up
Raise and educate a child
Bring about
Cause something to happen
Calm down
Relax
Call off
Cancel
Carry on
Continue
Come in
Enter
Come back
Return
Come across
Meet someone by chance
Check in
Register in a hotel / party
Check out
To leave a hotel
(after paying for the services)
Cross out
To draw a line through a word
Cheer up
To
feel happy
Cut down
Reduce
Cope
with
Deal with a difficult situation
Group 1 : A C
PHRASAL VERBS THEIR MEANINGS ARABIC EQUIVALENTS
Drop out
To stop going to school
Drop
by= drop in
visit someone informally
Eat out
Eat outside the house (at a restaurant)
Fill in
Complete (an application form)
Figure out
Find an answer for something
Find out
Discover
Give up
Stop / surrender
Get
back
to receive
something back / to return
Get
on
Enter a
vehicle ( a car)
Get
off
Leave a vehicle ( a car)
Get
up
leave
your bed
Go back
To return
to place you were in before ….
Go on
Continue
Go through
Experience or endure
Grow
up
Become
older / mature
Go
over = look over
Review
Group 2 : D G
PHRASAL VERBS THEIR MEANINGS ARABIC EQUIVALENTS
Hand out
Distribute
Hand in
Give
back (papers)
Jot
down
W
rite down (ideas)
Keep up with
To keep update with
something
Let down
Disappoint
...
Lie down
Relax, rest
Look after
Take care of
Look down on
See as inferior / despise
Look for
Search
Look
foward to = Long for
Wait eagerly for something
Look into =check into
Examine, investigate
Look out
Be careful, pay attention
Look up
Search in a dictionary/list
Log in (on)
= sign in
Connect into your ( Facebook
)
) (
Log out
= sign out
Exit your
(Facebook ) account ) (
Group 3 : H L
PHRASAL VERBS THEIR MEANINGS ARABIC EQUIVALENTS
Make up
To
innvent (excuse story)
(
Pass away
To die
Pass out
Lose consciousness
Pick up
Collect
/ learn ( a language) – /
Put on
= dress up
Wear
clothes, shoes ..
Put off
Postpone
Put up
Accommodate someone
Put up with
Tolerate
Put out
Extinguish
fire, a
Run into
Meet by chance / face a problem
Run
across
Find
something by chance
Run
out of
Not having something anymore
–
Show up
Appear / arrive
–
Stay up
Not to go to bed
)
(
Stand for
Represent
– ....–
Set up
Build
, establish ( a
club, a business ..)
….
Group 4 : P S
PHRASAL VERBS THEIR MEANINGS ARABIC EQUIVALENTS
Take
after
Resemble
/ look like someone
Take
care of
Look after
Take off
Leave the
ground (a plane)
Take off
Remove clothes
Try on
Test the look or size by wearing it
)
Throw up
Vomit
Turn up
Raise the volume
Turn down
Reduce the volume
Turn on
=
switch on
Activate a machine
(TV, radio, phone)
)
Turn off
=
switch off
Deactivate a machine
(TV, radio, phone)
)
Take up
Start a new activity
Turn down
Refuse, reject
Take over
Control
Tear down
Destroy
Tear up
Tear something into pieces
Write down
Record / write
Group 5: T W
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